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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games&action=history

Hi,

Your last edit to the above article removed all Vita games past the letter M.

Regards

Netizensmith (talk) 13:58, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Sorry about that - do not know how that happened possibly a problem with the wi-fi connection. Keith D (talk) 15:48, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

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16:33, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-15

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Problems

  • The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [6]
  • Labs was broken several times this week. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
  • You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [11]
  • Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [12] [13]
  • You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [14]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [15]

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15:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-16

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Recent changes

Problems

  • Some wikis had issues on Wednesday. [19] [20]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
  • Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [21] [22]
  • All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [23]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:40, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

NE England articles

Dear Keith, I was pleased to see that you had been doing some damage limitation here. I am not sure if you've seen but there's a lot of the same kind of editing here - I can't tell if the IP and named editor are the same but they seem at least to have a similar agenda, which I have to admit I don't understand. It may be good faith but it is confusing me a bit and if you were able to have a look I'd be very grateful. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 11:41, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Ah yes, I see you are already all over this. Thanks!! DBaK (talk) 11:46, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. I started out trying to accommodate the changes but as there was so much infobox damage I ended-up just reverting out the changes. Unsure if the map of they have inserted on some of the articles is useful or not so have left that for the moment may be you could look at Redcar and Cleveland and see what you think. Keith D (talk) 11:47, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Erkkk! Thanks. I will try to have a look when I have some time. Cheers DBaK (talk) 12:18, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-17

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Recent changes

  • There was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [24]
  • VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [25]
  • You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [26]
  • If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [27]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [28]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
  • Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [29] [30] [31]
  • If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [32]
  • You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [33]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • You will soon be able to add and remove tags on edits. [34] [35]

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15:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Other Black

An article that you have been involved in editing, Other Black , has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:11, 23 April 2015 (UTC) Cordless Larry (talk) 20:11, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

I am confused !

Please explain why you have overuled my edit to the Myleene Klass page . https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myleene_Klass&oldid=659123880&diff=prev

You have shown sections where Hear'Say are mentioned BUT these are from thw Myleene Klass wiki page.

MY point was that she has NOT mentioned her time or any connection to Hear'Say on HER profile page on the Classic FM website !!

Sadly , it appears that you have unfortunatly either misread or misunderstood my point.

I await your explanation.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zincubus (talk • contribs) 14:18, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

I removed it because it is unreferenced as you cannot reference the absence of a particular thing. Also the lead is supposed to summarise the important content of the article not raise points that are not covered in the article and are not that important to the person in question. Keith D (talk) 17:30, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Anything beginning "interestingly enough" is quite likely not to belong in an encyclopaedia. Whose voice is it in? DBaK (talk) 20:50, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Why not just edit my extremely valid point and put it in a more suitable place of your choice on the page ?

It is a fact as it does not mention anything about Hear'Say on Myleene's Classic FM webpage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.112.22 (talk) 18:26, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

I could have moved it to a more suitable point in the article but it would still be unreferenced so is not valid. Also see comment by DBaK above that says this is not really encyclopaedic in nature so should not be included. Keith D (talk) 18:25, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


Well surely its relevant as she is clearly ashamed of her involvement in Hear'Say ...and its a fact as it is not mentioned in her Classic FM profile . They had the best selling single in HISTORY at the time ... Would it help if I added a link to the webpage in question? Also ,how can I make the point moreacceptable to you.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.118.18 (talk) 19:37, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

May be you could raise on the article talk page and see what other say about its inclusion. Keith D (talk) 20:22, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

How do I locate that page please ....I am quickly losing the will to live . How things ever get put on WIki in the first place amazes me now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.118.18 (talk) 18:57, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) You want Talk:Myleene Klass. Just go there, or while you are on the Myleene Klass article itself, click the tab that says "Talk". Once you are on the Talk page you can click the "+" or maybe "new section" (or something) and off you go.. Give it a header, type your text, add "~~~~" to sign it, and Bob's your uncle. Don't despair - we all started somewhere. DBaK (talk) 20:11, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-18

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  • You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [38]
  • There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [39]
  • You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [40]

Problems

  • Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [41]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
  • It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [42]
  • You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [43]
  • You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [44]
  • You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [45]

Meetings

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15:10, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

The final FLC nom of a list of Scheduled monuments in Somerset

As you have kindly added comments to one or more of the FLC nominations of Scheduled monuments in Somerset I wanted to let you know that the final list, List of scheduled monuments in Mendip, is nomination for Featured List status at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Mendip/archive1. If you had any comments that would be great.— Rod talk 20:27, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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20:45, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

Tech News: 2015-19

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Recent changes

  • You can now chat with other users in Phabricator. [46]
  • There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [47] [48]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
  • It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [49]

Meetings

  • You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC). [50]
  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:12, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Discussion on Talk Page of Ant & Dec

Hi Keith D,

I see you have edited Ant & Dec previously, there is a discussion on the Talk Page regarding the main image, i.e. which image best shows the two. Please leave your comments...SethWhales talk

Persondata RfC

Hi, You participated in the previous Persondata RfC. I just wanted to notify you that a new RfC regarding the methodical removal of Persondata is taking place at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Thanks, —Msmarmalade (talk) 07:53, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Harrogate Museums

Hi Keith D, I have a Yorkshire-related topic that might interest you? I'm working with @Jonathan Fenny:, a volunteer at Harrogate Museums. In addition to working on the Egyptological collections, Jonathan has been working on the article for the Royal Pump Room, Harrogate in his sandbox. I wondered whether you might like to help Jonathan copy-edit the article and re-integrate into the main version? I posted on the articles talk page but no one has taken us up. I'm obviously more than happy to have a go myself but am doing my best to build partnerships between new Wikipedians working in Yorkshire's museums and experienced editors such as yourself. It would be really good to have neutral eyes on the article too. If there's anything else related to the GLAMwiki Yorkshire Network Project that you'd like to discuss that would be great too! Are there museum collections that could bolster your editing work? Cheers, PatHadley (talk) 12:55, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for letting me know, because of being away it will take some time to catch-up, before my next break over next bank holiday so may not be able to devote much time to the article before mid-June. I have had a quick copy-edit of the sandbox version for obvious things like punctuation, spelling, capitalisation which is a start. Keith D (talk) 18:06, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks! Much appreciated. No rush and let me know if there's anything else I can do. PatHadley (talk) 21:59, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-20

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Recent changes

  • You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [52] [53] [54]
  • You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [55]
  • The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [56] [57]

Problems

  • There was a problem that caused slow editing. [58]
  • Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [59]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
  • You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [60] [61]
  • You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [62]
  • When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [63]
  • When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [64]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:43, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Mendip/archive1

Hope you had a good holiday and thanks for your comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Mendip/archive1. I wondered whether all of your concerns had been addressed or whether there is anything else you think is needed to make it meet the Featured list criteria?— Rod talk 19:53, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Formatting error

Hi Keith, could you take a look at this page formatting error. I am not too sure how to correct it:- City_of_Bradford#Council. Richard Harvey (talk) 20:55, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

I am assuming you mean the Council make up table. The figures are incorrect to the Council web site so I have changed them as well as fixing what I think you are referring to. Keith D (talk) 21:27, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
I am referring to the 'Political party make-up of Bradford Council' table. For some odd reason it is extending beyond the width of the page and thus reducing the article text to half width. It is more noticable when viewed on an iPad or tablet. Richard Harvey (talk) 22:02, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
I fixed the cells in the table but unsure how to reduce the width of the table, each of the cells need to be reduced somehow. Keith D (talk) 22:07, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Okay, I will have to take anither look as it may be a simple coding issue. Richard Harvey (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-21

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Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
  • References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [65]
  • You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [66]
  • The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [67]
  • You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [68] [69]
  • UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [70]
  • A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [71]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join a technical meeting in France this week.

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15:21, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-22

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Problems

  • VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [72]
  • Some Labs tools had issues last week. [73] [74]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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16:18, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Last Tango in Halifax series 3

Hi Keith - noticed that you had made a chart of the consolidated viewing figures for Last Tango in Halifax. Are you planning to superimpose S3 figures onto the chart? Thanks, 90.213.151.64 (talk) 16:45, 27 May 2015 (UTC)PR

I still have the spreadsheet that I created the image from so could add series 3 and upload at some point. Keith D (talk) 14:23, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-23

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Problems

  • Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [76]
  • Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [77]
  • Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [78] [79]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
  • You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [80]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:39, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

York Meetup

Hi Keith, there is a wiki meetup in York on 14 June, please can you include in the Wikiproject Yorkshire news letter if it isn't too late? Kind regards IJA (talk) 18:04, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Just in time. I was thinking I must do it tonight. Keith D (talk) 21:04, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Cheers Keith IJA (talk) 23:48, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

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21:02, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Help request?

Keith

Could you please stop undoing my edits on my wiki page and the PlusNet wiki page, I am for some bizarre reason being stalked by someone who is determined to defame me by misrepresenting my past. The last edit I made was repairing a defamatory post which was actually picked up as such by the Wikibot!

If you want to chat further my contact details are easily found online.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Lee Strafford 80.229.252.153 (talk) 08:17, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Fife

Didn't pay attention. Sorry 'bout that. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 18:59, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-24

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  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [81] [82]
  • If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [83]
  • When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [84]
  • The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [85]

Meetings

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  • You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on June 10 at 14:30 (UTC). [86]

Future changes

  • If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for action=query will change at the end of June. [87]

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15:21, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

List of English districts by population

For a few weeks now List of English districts by population has been slowly wrecked by (presumably) one person. Just wondering if you could help address this? Argovian (talk) 22:49, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Not really got much input on this one - but it looks a total unreferenced mess. Need to find some referenced data to build the article from. May be a revert to a referenced version would be a start, but that would be 2001 data. Suggest having a word with Eldumpo who sorted out the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom which is a similar list they may have some pointers. Keith D (talk) 23:08, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Argovian: I BOLDly reverted to a revision on 18th May to reduce the crap. It can be re-updated with some populations if needed. Rcsprinter123 (utter) @ 09:10, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Cheers guys. I hate it when this sort of thing happens to an article, especially an important one linked from every district article! Argovian (talk) 17:01, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks For The De-Caps

Hi there! Thanks for the de-caps on 'The Talks' draft article.

Nice to find a fellow Hullian on here.

Reckon you could give me a few more pointers on my article? All help is much appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

AOOHull (talk) 19:06, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-25

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  • Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [88]
  • Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [89]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • Developers are working on a new tool to get and send newsletters. If you read or write a newsletter, share your ideas about it. [91]
  • If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use compat anymore. [92] [93] [94]

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15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

  • Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [95] [96]
  • You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [97]

Problems

  • On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [98] [99] [100]
  • On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [101] [102] [103]
  • Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [104] [105] [106]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-27

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • Long lines in code blocks now look better. [107]
  • You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [108]
  • When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [109]
  • The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [110] [111] [112]
  • You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [113]

Problems

  • JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [114]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
  • You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [115]
  • When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [116]
  • If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [117]
  • Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [118]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future

  • When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [119]

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15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
For your work on Godfrey Bloom. Urquhartnite (talk) 21:38, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - July 2015

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22:04, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

adding players not in the hull city squad - why are you vandalising that page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.172.38 (talk) 22:43, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-28

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [120]

Problems

  • The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [121]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
  • The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [122] [123]
  • You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [124]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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Send on behalf of The Wikipedia Library using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:31, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

You treat the Hull City page as if it is your own - it isn't stop adding development squad members to the clubs 1st team page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.172.38 (talk) 07:41, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Brighton and Hove

On Brighton and Hove how would one update the template about political control? It just contains a random string. The council is now a minority Labour administration. DuncanHill (talk) 22:53, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

I was just about to do that. Keith D (talk) 22:55, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Should be OK now. Keith D (talk) 23:03, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks - it seems a very well-hidden way of updating an article! DuncanHill (talk) 23:05, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Oranjblud

Hi, just wondering why you blocked Oranjblud when they've not edited in 2½ years? --Redrose64 (talk) 20:23, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I did that as it is another incarnation of User:Prof.Haddock, previous ones have already been blocked such as User:Imgaril, User:Sf5xeplus, User:Shortfatlad etc. Keith D (talk) 22:53, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
Apart from Prof.Haddock, they're all blocked for abusing multiple accounts, but there's nothing on their user pages (such as a {{sock}} template) that links them. I think that the sockmaster is HappyVR (talk · contribs). --Redrose64 (talk) 23:36, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
I just added the Oranjblud block as noticed the rest had previously been blocked & put on {{blocked user}} as per the others I looked at. May be all of them need a better tag adding to tie them together. I had not come across HappyVR (talk · contribs). Keith D (talk) 00:28, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
There's a confession at this old revision. --Redrose64 (talk) 08:13, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
And a SPI too! --Redrose64 (talk) 08:17, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-29

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

Problems

  • There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [126]
  • There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [127]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 15. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 16 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join a technical meeting at Wikimania in Mexico City this week. [128]

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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Woodhall Spa

I see you reverted me for telling the truth.

The manor house is a hotel. Woodhall Spa Manor - Luxury on the Links.

Not that someone like you could ever afford to stay there which is why, instead of assuming WP:GF you reverted me, treating me like a liar.

You didn't even check? So lowbrow.

Never mind precious. Thousands of people like are self-indentured to this site. Doing all this free effort while your god-like Jimbo turns that into millions and travels first class around the globe!  ;-)

I can't say I am worth that much but it's clear I stay at some beautiful hotels that you'll never hear about or probably afford!

This just leaves the final question: now you know you're wrong will you actually revert to my information?

Or just leave the citation note?

I'll peruse from time to time to see if you do because I know that you won't. As this is only fifth or sixth edit here, it's quite true that this site is run for ego and not for knowledge or information. 81.129.123.9 (talk) 21:42, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

When I restored the fact tag I was not questioning the fact that it is a hotel but that it was converted in 2013, there needs to be something that indicates that date for the conversion process. Keith D (talk) 22:09, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I see you put Jahraldo-martin in again. It's an obsession isn't it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.172.38 (talk) 17:10, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

You jumped to conclusions as I did not add anyone to the squad. Keith D (talk) 18:12, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Harvid

Please be careful when altering dates - this edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Hull&type=revision&diff=671889679&oldid=671870359

altered the Template:harvid date as well - which means the template:sfn references don't work. I have not preference either way for the short references .. (correction) turns out that reference hasn't been used yet - so nothing to fix. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xiiophen (talk • contribs) 19:47, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi, are you another incarnation of Prof.Haddock (talk · contribs)? Keith D (talk) 20:40, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-30

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (calendar).
  • You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person. [129]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 21 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math. [130]

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03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Doubt

Hi there KEITH, from Portugal,

did I provide the correct diff here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Crashed_links)? If not, what should I do?

Attentively, happy editing --84.90.219.128 (talk) 03:20, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes you provided the information. There appears to be no obvious correspondence between the 2 from what you supplied that could be done by BOT but may be someone else could see some way of doing it. Sorry but I do not think I can help. Keith D (talk) 08:40, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for the inputs nonetheless. --84.90.219.128 (talk) 00:27, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-31

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

Problems

  • There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
  • There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [136]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
  • JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore. [137]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-32

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The ContentTranslation extension has been updated:
    • You can now type in list paragraphs on wikis with right-to-left scripts. [138]
    • Some user interface updates changed how details in the ContentTranslation extension look. [139] [140] [141] [142]
  • The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo. [143]
  • MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [144]
  • Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [145]

Problems

  • There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [146]
  • We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [147]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 6 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 4 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - August 2015

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